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Victoria ; taken by C. French, Esq., at Mordialloe, in flood 

 refuse. 



LAMELLICORNES. 



M.ECHIDIUS. 



M. pilosns, sp. nov. Piceo-brunneus ; supra pilis elongatis 

 erectis subtilibus sat dense, subtus setis squamiformibus 

 albis et pilis brevibus erectis, vestitus ; clypeo antice reflexo 

 late fortiter triangulariter emarginato, ad latera late obtuse 

 bidentato; prothorace transverso, lateribus serratis pone 

 medium angulatis; elytris punctulato-striatis, interstitiis 

 planis vix perspicue punctulatis ; antennarum lamellis sat 

 brevibus ; unguiculis siraplicibus ; tibiis anticis sat fortiter 

 tridentatis. Long., 41.; lat., 2^1. 



Very distinct from nearly all its previously described congeners 

 by the long, soft, erect hair clothing its upper surface. From 

 M. hidentulus, Fairm., it would seem to differ by tlie strongly 

 serrulate lateral margins of its pro thorax ; from M. iKirlolosus, 

 Macl., by its more strongly emarginate clypeus and its strongly 

 tridentate front tibia?. 



W. Australia ; Yilgarn ; sent to me by C. French, Esq. 



BUPRESTID.E. 



BU BASTES. 



B. OGcidentalis, sp. nov. Cylindrica ; nitida ; la?te viridis, 

 subaureo-micans, antennis tibiis tarsisque obscuris, corpore 

 subtus pilis squamiformibus brevibus pallide ochraceis sat 

 dense vestito ; capite inter oculos sat concavo, fortiter sat 

 crebre punctulato ; prothorace quam longiori circiter tertia 

 parte latiori, sat crebre (ad latera transversim rugulose) 

 punctulato ; elytris minus fortiter sat crebre sat rugulose 

 punctulatis, manifesto striatis, apice emarginatis et bi- 

 spinosis. Long., 7 1. ; lat., 2^ 1. 



A bright green species with a somewhat golden tone ; compared 

 with B. hiGonsistans, Thoms., and laticoUis, Blackb., the disc of 

 the prothorax is very much less closely punctured ; B. glohicollls, 

 Thoms., seems to be punctured like incousistans^ and to liave the 

 sides of the prothorax strongly rounded (in this species they are 

 as in inconsistans) ; B. sphenoida, L. l^' G., is described as having 

 its entire surface evenly punctured (in tliis species the protliorax 

 is very much more coarsely punctulate than the elytra) ; the 

 puncturation of B. cylindricus, Macl. (from N.AV. Australia), is 

 not characterised, but totally different coloring and locality 

 render identity most improbable. B. spJeiideiis, Blackl)., comes 

 near this insect, but is of considerably narrower forjn, with the 



